If government ministers are to be believed, nothing strikes fear into an employer’s heart more than the threat of being taken to the employment tribunal. In fact, if this is so, it is a fear based on an illusion.

QUESTION: My employment contract says that I must give three months’ notice and yet I have a better job offer that requires me to start next month. I have been told that as I haven’t signed my employment contract, I can ignore it. Is this right?